Exam 6: Television and Cable- the Power of Visual Culture

Use the following to answer questions: Select from the following list of terms to match the item with the best answer.Some terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Modern Family

Which of the following is not true about the aftermath of the Telecommunications Act of 1996?

Many of the program conventions in television actually came from radio.

The final part of the cable system that actually brings the cable into the home is called ______.

With the establishment of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1967, nonprofit radio and television stations no longer had to ask their audiences for financial support.

Use the following to answer questions: Select from the following list of terms to match the item with the best answer.Some terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Netflix

In the first years of television, cities that had operating television stations saw an increase in people going to movie theaters, more people going to nightclubs, and more people checking out library books.

An airing of the television show Friends on Fox at 6:30 P.M.is an example of ______.

In 1965, the FCC established must-carry rules, which ______.

Which of the following statements about public broadcasting is true?

CNN showed an immediate profit and met with widespread cultural success when Ted Turner introduced it in 1980.

At the network era's peak, a prime-time series with a rating of 17 or 18 and a share of between 28 and 30 was generally a success.

The ability to stream TV shows on fourth screens such as smartphones and the iPad hasn't changed consumers' viewing habits much.

MSO stands for ___________________-system operator.

The practice of recording shows and watching them later when it is more convenient is called ______.

______________________, satellite-based services that for a monthly fee downlink hundreds of television channels, began distributing video programming directly to households in 1994.

In 1972, the FCC required cable systems to provide and fund a tier of ______ dedicated to local education, government, and the public.

In television, ___________________ is the process whereby a TV production company leases its programs to a network for a license fee that is actually less than the cost of production.

Use the following to answer questions: Matching Match the names with the television terms and events they are most closely associated with. -Sylvester "Pat" Weaver

The 1996 Telecommunications Act allows cable companies to offer telephone service, but the phone companies are not permitted to enter the cable TV business.